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The police are taking stringent measures for the 15th anniversary of the murder of teenager Alexandros Grigoropoulos on Wednesday. According to the Hellenic Police (ELAS), the plan includes thousands of officers deployed on the streets, with reinforcement from riot police units from the provinces. 

Police have arrested a 28-year-old woman in connection with seven homemade Molotov cocktails that were found in a backpack on Thursday afternoon at the Faculty of Sciences of the Aristotle University of Thessaloniki.

In a statement, the Hellenic Police (ELAS) said the investigation conducted by the Security Directorate concluded that the backpack belongs to the 28-year-old woman.

As a precautionary measure due to the wildfire spreading in the vicinity, authorities are conducting an evacuation of the Amygdaleza migrant detention camp situated in western Athens. According to the Hellenic Police (ELAS), the center currently accommodates 700 individuals who will be moved to alternate facilities.

The Greek authorities have apprehended an individual in connection with a disturbing video posted on social media on Tuesday. The video depicted a man confining a group of 13 undocumented migrants within a cargo trailer, which was being towed by a 4WD vehicle, near the town of Alexandroupoli in northern Greece.

An officer of the Hellenic Police (ELAS) has been charged with bribery, abuse of power and breach of duty by the ELAS Internal Affairs unit. 

A private businessman was also arrested and charged with extortion and violation of drug legislation. 

According to an ELAS announcement on Tuesday, the officer demanded bribes not to carry out inspections on certain businesses. 

The government is reportedly intent on moving forward with institutional changes and replacing individuals within the Greek police (ELAS) after the latest debacle last Monday night and the force's failure to deal with a moderate-risk operation, like the interception of 100-120 Croatian hooligans. The fiasco has been attributed to structural shortcomings and rivalries among senior echelons. 

Greece's police force has "enormous potential, as long as it is used correctly," a retired high-ranking officer of the Hellenic Police (ELAS) said on TV the other day. That "correct use" is what seems so elusive.

In the aftermath of the deadly riots on Monday evening by Croatian hooligans who descended on the Greek capital on the eve of Tuesday's Champions League qualifier between AEK Athens and Dinamo Zagreb, more than one source has told Kathimerini that from the electronic mail system of the Hellenic Police (ELAS), it seems that the officers of the regional services either read an order calling on th

Τhe four Greeks out of the 98 people arrested in connection with the fatal hooligan clashes in Nea Filadelfia in western Athens were released on Tuesday, with a verbal order of the prosecutor. All four were injured, and three of them have given statements to the Sub-Directorate for Combating Sports Violence. The fourth man was until late Tuesday still unable to give a statement.

Investigations are under way to determine how an estimated 100-120 Croatian hooligans traveling on buses and in cars made their way to Athens from Zagreb on Monday and engaged in deadly clashes with local soccer fans despite a ban on supporters traveling to Greece for a match between Dinamo Zagreb and home team AEK on Tuesday.